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From: Happi Monday on 28 Dec 2009 15:26 On 27/12/2009 13:43, The Medway Handyman wrote: > Thats fairly obvious. If only cyclists were as adept at avoiding collisions > as they are at avoiding questions, they would be perfectly safe. Not with cnuts like you on the road, they aren't.
From: The Medway Handyman on 28 Dec 2009 15:35 MasonS(a)BP.com wrote: > On 28 Dec, 17:19, "The Medway Handyman" > <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> Mas...(a)BP.com wrote: > >> >> The 33 million motorists each do an average of 12,000 miles a year, >> so thats 396,000,000,000 road miles, or 1 death per 120,000,000 road >> miles. >> > > > "Doesn't matter a jot" if it is 1 death per million light years. I'm afraid it does. > "The killer driver caused a pensioner's death." > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6897073/Grandmother-killed-by-hit-and-run-driver-on-Christmas-Eve.html > > 4 days ago - not 16 months ago. Which is irrelevant. I assume from this avoidance that you can't supply the figures for killer cyclists? -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit.
From: The Medway Handyman on 28 Dec 2009 15:37 Happi Monday wrote: > On 27/12/2009 13:43, The Medway Handyman wrote: > >> Thats fairly obvious. If only cyclists were as adept at avoiding >> collisions as they are at avoiding questions, they would be >> perfectly safe. > > Not with cnuts like you on the road, they aren't. But I've never hit a cyclist. I've been hit by one, in Amsterdam. -- Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit.
From: Derek Geldard on 28 Dec 2009 17:16 On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:37:24 -0800 (PST), Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> Car Free Citieshttp://www.carfree.com/ >> Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution >> to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. >> >Addition. > >I see they are actually called 'vertical cities' > >Here are some examples: > >http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/829-the-vertical-city-in-shenzhen-china.html > >http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/09/15/dubai-vertical-city-24-km-15-miles-tall/ > >http://www.stylepark.com/en/architecture/fusionopolis-a-vertical-city-made-of-glass/301127 > Call them what you like. Arsenshits would be a good name. They don't exist. >Obviously they would be built to a suitable size to cater for a >particular population and put an end to suburban and rural sprawl. > And not depend on other people who live and work with motor vehicles (being taxed ???) to provide them like beggars with food, water, energy and money (in as far as they have access to any) ... >Doug First they should do it then they can start talking about it Derek
From: Doug on 29 Dec 2009 01:31
On 28 Dec, 12:57, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <d78daf6a-496f-43b9-a1a0- > c6aca0299...(a)m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... > > > Addition. > > > I see they are actually called 'vertical cities' > > > Here are some examples: > > >http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/829-the-vertical-city-in-shenzh... > > >http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/09/15/dubai-vertical-city-24-km-15... > > >http://www.stylepark.com/en/architecture/fusionopolis-a-vertical-city... > > > Obviously they would be built to a suitable size to cater for a > > particular population and put an end to suburban and rural sprawl. > > I wonder how the residents get their food and the goods they buy.... > Shouldn't be too difficult for you to work it out. Think lifts instead of cars, with trains bring the goods to the base of the city. Cycles or electric buggies could be used for horizontal travel at each level. -- Car Free Cities http://www.carfree.com/ Carfree Cities proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. |